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Announcing the 2016 LSF/RBC Our Canada Project Award! Completed projects posted to OurCanadaProject.ca by the end of January are eligible to win: First Place: $3,000 Second Place: $2,000 Third Place: $1,000 Creativity, innovation, and strong multimedia documentation are key! See the Award page for a full list of criteria. Post by January 30 at 11:59PM EST

The Manitoba Chapter of the Canadian parks & Wilderness Society (CPAWS) is delighted to introduce our first ever Student Eco Project Competition for students in grades 9 through 12 in April 2017! If you are interested in the health of our shared environment this is a great opportunity to explore an issue affecting Manitobans while

Are you a high school student (Grades 8–11) in Canada, who is interested in saving our fresh water supplies? IISD Experimental Lakes Area (IISD-ELA) wants to hear from you! The world’s leading whole-lake freshwater experimentation site is asking you to come up with science-based solutions for Canada’s bodies of fresh water. Canada is home to 20 per

Forget about goblins, ghosts and ghouls, the real scary monsters out there this Halloween are candy wrappers, pop cans, cigarette butts and more. Last year, most spooky shoreline litter finds were single-use food & beverage items and smoking related trash, eek! These are some terrifying numbers, but there is no reason to be afraid. Get some friends together to organize a shoreline cleanup

To honor World Students Day (October 15th), Earth Day Network India launched the ebook, “Pathways to Green India, Innovative Ideas for Students.” Featuring 22 case studies from across the country, this ambitious learning tool aims to inspire youth of all ages and backgrounds to take a leadership role in solving pressing environmental challenges while at

Officials in a Minneapolis suburb adopted an aggressive greenhouse-gas-reduction policy last month that was brought forth by a group of local high schoolers who are part of a national climate change movement. Drafted by iMatter, a national youth-led group, the resolution aims for net-zero emissions by 2040 in St. Louis Park, a suburb immediately west of Minneapolis

The Young Reporters for the Environment (YRE) International Jury meeting to select excellent articles, videos and photos on environmental issues took place in May in Copenhagen, Denmark. This annual competition is organized by the Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE), one of UNESCO’s key partners to implement the Global Action Programme (GAP) on Education for Sustainable

Announcing the iMatterNow campaign, a network of youth activists pushing our cities to take real action to end the climate crisis. It’s our future at stake, so we are making our voices heard. Are you ready to stand up for your future? iMatterNow is a network of passionate youth leaders who share the vision of

The 2016 Solar Oven Challenge is now OPEN! GreenLearning Canada is hosting this delectable renewable energy challenge for Canadian classes to build, test, and bake with solar ovens. Students use the solar oven construction plan provided by re-energy.ca, or they design their own. Register your class to participate and get a chance to win a Pizza

Are you enthusiastic about watching and reporting weather? Do you want to learn more about how weather impacts our lives and the environment? Then CoCoRaHS Canada is for YOU! Community Collaborative Rain, Hail & Snow Network (CoCoRaHs) is a non-profit, community-based network of volunteers who take daily measurements of rain, hail and snow in their backyards.